Mon. Oct. 22, 1900: Ther. Warm., Wea. pm. thin Clouds. I took my herd to water and back today. Johny came out to take my place. Henry Esplin brought some supplies for the camps. Tuesday 23: Ther. Warm., Wea. ptly Cloudy I went to Orderville and...

DANIEL T . LEIGH Biography 1852 - 1927 Daniel T . Leigh was born July 14, 1852, on the banks of the Platte River in Nebraska. The family came to Salt Lake City with the Dan Jones Company and were later called to lron County to work in the Iron...

Jan. 5, 1911. . .After an extensive discussion, it was the unanimous opinion of the Council t h a t the Board of Health be sustained in closing of all public gatherings. March 3, 1911...The matter of right-of-way and locating grounds for the...

ARCHIBALD SWAPP Biography 1877 - 1955 Archibald Swapp was born December 21, 1877, in New Mexico. He was the oldest son in his father's family. He married Ada May Little, and they resided in Glendale. Utah until about 1914. Eight of their ten...

CHARLES ROUNTREE HUNTER Biography 1898 - 1984 Charles Rountree Hunter, an outstanding public servant spent his entire life in Cedar City where he contributed extensive time and money to the area's growth and development. He attended Southern Utah...

library property on Main Street for $35,000. July 2 1 , 1 9 4 9 . . .The water bill for the water fountain at the School District was discussed. The final decision was for the school to be billed for the water as per meter. ( I n October the City...

L. KERRY JONES Biography 1929 Lehi Kerry Jones was born in Cedar City, Utah, on October 29, 1929, a son of Lehi M . and Bernella Gardner Jones. He was the middle child of the family, having two older sisters, Joan and Marolyn, a younger s i s t e r...

labors, and reverently called upon Him to bless u s in the i u t u r e and to enable u s to maintain ourselves in this desert land, also to protect u s from the wiley Indian and help u s to accomplish the mission we were sent to perform, namely,...

Republican platform compared the doctrine of "plural marriage" to "slavery," and they adopted a decided stand against the Mormons. It was resolved that the constitution gave Congress power over the temtories of the United States and that it was the...

Islands, and to various places in the United States. President George Q. Cannon, Counselor to John Taylor, said that besides the names sustained as missionaries, it should be understood that the Twelve Apostles are standing missionaries and should...

From Campus to Courtroom
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In June of 1935, in his assignment to work with the Utah State Peace Officers' Association, John spoke to those who attended the annual meeting on the subject "Relationships between Scientific Investigation of Crime...

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Three Score and Ten in Retrospect
everywhere." A brochure prepared as a handout refers to John as "Vigorous, Qualified, Experienced," and mentions as assets: "Ten years experience in practice of law; Owner and operator of a farm in Summit;...

Young Democrat Turns Candidate
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One might ask why, after losing a bid for the Chairman of the State Democratic Committee in 1946, and for his party's nomination for governor in 1948, he would add to the burdens of an already busy life to seek...